The presenter has made no secret of the fact he has a severe allergy to the insects – which is why he admitted to having paramedics on hand on Wednesday morning as he and Holly suited up and headed for the show’s beehive.

‘They’re going to make sure that I stay alive, because I am severely allergic to bee and wasp stings,’ he explained from under the protection of his beekeeping suit.

Fortunately Holly admitted she also had instructions of what to do if her co-host was stung, saying: ‘I’ve been debriefed and I know what to do.

‘It (EpiPen) needs to go in the butt cheek and it doesn’t go through clothes so you need a full debagging,’ she explained, in reference to his outfit.

The paramedics were on standby again just in case Phillip came a cropper (Picture: ITV)

To which Phillip remarked: ‘You have to debag me, full in on the cheek. Actually, go for my thigh?’